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[Rudeboyelvis]

I don't know that raising the claiming price can improve the product - As Chuck points out, look at the mess in LA. They breed crap to crap, just so they can cash a slot-juiced state-bred MSW check with a 37 bsf.

The horses cannot compete anywhere else in the country, and you're stuck with a program that unbetable and unentertaining.

What do you do with all of the uncompetitive NY breds already there? The glut poorly bred horses will continue to increase as breeders get incented on these purses too. Will be interesting to see the ratio on NY Breds going through the Ocala ring relative to recent years past.

I don't think making them run for 15k instead of 7500 is an answer.

Without some strict controls, they're going to need to build another lower rung facility to race these things, or only pay the owner /breeder awards in open-company contests and remove the state bred restriction all together.